Chen Wenzhe directly gave the boss three hundred yuan and bought this thing.
In fact, this kind of thing is just a rare thing to collect, and its value is really not high.
However, it is always a witness to history. If you take it out and let people see it, it will really shock a lot of people.
Their ancestors, more than 2,000 years ago, made a tool that is exactly the same as a modern vise. Can you believe it?
As he walked, he checked the pliers in his hand. Such a tool had decorations on it, and probably a few words on it.
Unfortunately, bronzes from the Warring States Period all had the habit of carving hieroglyphs on them, and this pair of pliers also has hieroglyphs on them.
After groping for a few words, Chen Wenzhe was even more confused about whether to laugh or cry.
I originally bought this thing just because it was fun. Unexpectedly, there was an inscription on it.
You must know that bronze vessels with inscriptions and those without inscriptions are completely different things.
He originally thought it was worthless and just for fun, but now that there is an inscription, it casts a shadow on his transaction.
There is no other way. There are restrictions on the sale of bronzes in China, especially some precious bronzes.
So what kind of bronzes are precious? Needless to say, they are bronzes with inscriptions.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or the previous dynasties, bronze vessels were generally made for commemoration, sacrifice, etc.
As long as there is an inscription on it, it is usually for commemoration, such as recording some important events, or simply who is an official, etc.
Such things record domestic history, and they are generally true history.
Can you buy and sell this kind of thing at will?
Chen Wenzhe seems to remember that this kind of thing has been unearthed in China.
Now that I have bought something, I can check the information without making my boss suspicious. Chen Wenzhe naturally searches the Internet.
After such a search, he knew that this thing could not be saved.
"It just so happens that the school's museum has been expanded. Let's send it to the museum!"
While walking, I took out my mobile phone, took a few photos of the vise, and sent them to Professor Tao. I thought Professor Tao would like them.
Soon, Professor Tao called.
"How long have you been away, kid? Looking at the background of the photo, you were in the Antique City, right? Did you find it on a street stall?"
"Professor, this is a vise!"
"Of course I know it's a vise. Don't think I don't know. The vise found in Xishan is exactly the same as yours. If I hadn't known where you were, I would have thought you had stolen the museum over there!"
"Professor, you are really amazing. Just by looking at a few photos, you can tell that this is a vise from the Warring States Period. I only found out after searching online just now."
"What am I so good at? The main reason is that the rust color of these pliers is too heavy, and you also specially took pictures to show me. As long as I use my brain, I can think of what it is!"
Before Chen Wenzhe could speak, Professor Tao spoke again: "We are now rebuilding national self-confidence. These things should be displayed so that young people can see that our ancestors were much more mechanized than the West.
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Chen Wenzhe was speechless, but this was the truth.
There are countless weird cultural relics unearthed in the world, but there seem to be particularly many in China.
For example, the previous Warring States crystal cups, beer bottles and beer caps, as well as the crystal walls seen on the cruise ship last time, if not mentioned, most people would think that these are modern handicrafts.
There is also the vernier caliper unearthed from Wang Mang's tomb. Many people think that the vernier caliper was invented by the West, so the more modern vernier caliper in Wang Mang's tomb has become an incomprehensible thing.
To be honest, it seems that vernier calipers first appeared in ancient Egypt, and were later used in my country during the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
But in fact, these vernier calipers are still far from the current vernier calipers.
It was not until the Han Dynasty of our country that industry developed rapidly, and the vernier caliper came out together with the armillary sphere, seismometer and other precision instruments.
In addition to the vernier caliper, another tool that can be seen everywhere now is the vise. It was unearthed in ancient tombs in China very early, and it was unearthed in a tomb during the Warring States Period.
Apart from the material, this vise only has some similarities to the current vise in shape, but it is not too big.
The working principle is exactly the same, so the archaeologists initially regarded the vise as something left by tomb robbers in the tomb.
But later archaeologists determined that the vise was indeed produced during the Warring States Period.
In fact, it was unreasonable to suspect that the vise was left behind by a tomb robber.
After all, no matter what period of time, tomb robbers did not have the habit of carrying a vise with them, and there were no traces of the tomb being stolen.
The second thing is that the tomb is a water tomb, that is to say, the entire tomb was submerged in water.
Therefore, in this case, it is even less likely that the tomb robber would carry the vise with him and leave it behind.
Moreover, even if the tomb robbers bury the hole in order to conceal the truth from others, they will only cover part of the hole. It is impossible to fill up the entire hole.
And after the Han Dynasty, iron was generally used as the raw material for such tools, while soft bronze was abandoned.
Therefore, unless someone has special hobbies, no one will use bronze to make such severely worn instruments when the smelting technology has matured.
The most convincing point is the identification of carbon-14 decay.
It can be said that this is the most advantageous identification method for cultural relics today.
No matter what kind of material the cultural relics are made of, they can be identified in this way. Of course, you have to ensure that no one will deliberately fake it.
For a vise, and it is an unearthed vise, who would fake it? There is almost no possibility of fraud.
Therefore, archaeologists have determined that during the Warring States Period, our country had a vise that was almost the same as today.
In fact, the working people in ancient my country were very wise, but they were divided into hundreds of schools of thought at that time.
And hundreds of families have some problems with hiding their secrets. Although some are just arrogant, many actually have real skills.
The vise is one of them, so this useful tool was not widely popular at the time and was eventually lost.
After communicating with Professor Tao, I learned a lot.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Wenzhe looked at the pliers in his hands and felt a little pity!
After all, this thing is the only antique in the country, so I would be reluctant to give it away.
Holding the bronze pliers, Li Jinli quickly walked into the store. At this time, Li Jinli was already very anxious.
When Chen Wenzhe walked into the store, he found that the only one who seemed to be anxious was Li Jinli, the customer who was selling things, but he was enjoying tea very leisurely!